Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-10

He Attempts Suicide by Exploding q
fuiminating Cap i'm His Mouth.
THE TISSUES OF HIS MOUTH AND THROAT TORN
AWAY, But He Is STILL AIIyB-How HR GOT THE
EXPLOSIVE MYsTERY-AwAIrING GOV. OGLEsBYs
ACTION.
CHICAGO, NOV. 10-Louis Lingg, the bomb
maker, attempted suicide before . O'Clock this
morning In his cell in tue county Jail In q most
horrible manner. 1t was at first reported that he
had by some means obtained revolver and shot
himself In tue head, but a hurried investigation
showed that revolver could not have been the
means OF destruction he had employed.
BLEW Half Of His Head Away.
II was found that ne had Tiled to Kill himself
with a Illuminating case. He held the case IN his
mouth and NJ II with a candle whlca was burn
Ing that the Jail people had, the guard seeing him
Wltn candle IN his hand, supposing that he was
ngnllng cigar. From the effects Of the explo-
stoA naiI or his head seemed torn away.
How Did He Get the ExpIo.iver
How he secured the weapon with wDica the deed
Was committed Is a mystery, az mis- cell aud clUtn
ing was again thoroughly searched yesterday, and
10 all appearances the guards that SIT front OF
his cell have watched him every miLute. Lngg
has always been regarded as The most Gespei .te
anarchist OF the lot. II was he VINO manufacturer
The bombs Tor the Haynarket riot, and In whose
Cen Lne DOmos were found laSl SUNDAY.
LlNGGs FAREWELL ADDRESS.
AL day yesterday IL was tnuuguI that Lingg
acted differeatiy Irom usual. tuesday night ne
Z We Out nis e,i address, wncn was writ
zen Tor the dtorni, Parsons oid paper In IL lie
cited AT length Ais grievances, and ciosed as io-
lows:
snow, with a last and earnest farewell to all
friends ana cuInraueS, aud with dnai wisne, Tor
tAelf prosperity, cio,e, ia view OF the Certainty
tnat siiaIi never ha.e the cnance oI seeing you
again, my beloved conrade, win an earliest and
hearty wish ior your Ure Success In IlIe. Your
eotnfade, hoch die AhaIchie, LOUIS LISGG."
ll.I aar
the papers n.td puDnsGed MS ieIter 10 u. ID. Luan
tue young bomb manufacturer, he expressed a
strong desire 10 ''read IL In Englisn" JIler Folz
consenIeu, and Liugg slowly pIuud, d through the
lraiisiatlon. EnsIenart speaks Gefinan, ana when
Appea ca TO- gave LlDgg Ine meaning OF the En iisn
Ihe doomed man said the letter was an admir-
aole Irans.alioa OF the original. 1urnln. TO
another page OF the paper, hiseye caught LAe Ane:
"LiLSS VAL surely hang.
Gaming kngIelart, ne asked: "What is the
MEANING oI lnls woid s-u-T-e-l-y In Gernan?"
EnsienarL toid him, and Lngg hugnlngly OBJ
serV u: So, 50; wii s-U-r-e-l-y Aang ills IA an
ncr Was sucn Ihat knglenart joined an The laus h.
say tne uion0e-uaIred young ANARCHIST cai.ed
~ d Reporter, ..pia GU see my naea,chen?" ae
Was toiu Thai Eta Mueller had not been seen aud
iiis next query MAS: ''Aas Lay sct1t- tsweetnearp
gone 10 SpriHgneid?"
1nis q0, stiOn was answered in the affirmative
He seeiIed pieaseu, and renlalAed That N lie could
have seen ner ne would have told ner TO stay ut
home O'Neli, cue OF the Two guard, who remain
On uuty peiofe Llnggs cell Throughout the uay,
declared that Linsg the cooIesL man in COOK
county jail he VAS very pale, but ILLS appetite
was good, and ne slept Well.
SHOCKING SPECTACLE.
Immediately aller lne eXpiosluu Deputy O'Neili
rusued lnto llngg's cell, wnlcn Was completely
veloped ia Smoke there he found the young anar-
clsI ylng on MS back with great noes In head
from hicn Tie blood rushing in torrents. ne
Was at once carried into the jan ONCE laced on
a table. he was still breathing Iaintly, ana wnlis
Df. Gray Was examining niiIi he coughed sightiy,
ana The blood poured iorJn again roin his terrible
WOUNDS ana from his mouth and hose. The phy-
sician said the man could only ave hour SO AT
the inosi and he expects ms death every minute.
AT 10 O'Clock ne Was still aiive.
A slight chance for Life.
AT 10:l5 DR.. Gray made a further examination
and found That The tissues OF the turoal, the neck
and front OF the Jaw had been TORN away. He ad-
nilnlstered stimulants, but they failed TO rouse
The man, Yet the doctor states now that there Is a
talnJ possibility that Llngg may yet 1--we. Mr.
stay VI execution Tor him al least will be granted
The Explosion Was Terrific.
Jailer Foiz made an examination OF the cell On
the floor he found the shell or a Illuminating case
4 1he sheriff said there had Undoubtedly been dyna-
mite In it, The supposition that the man put the
shell In his moulu and deliberately applied the
candle flame Is undoubtedly correct Tie expo
sion was terrific. 1t startled the officials, Who
thought II was bomb, the noise was 80 great
The shell was so small as TO have allowed the
smuggling OF 1t into the Jail without trouble.
WHY HE THINKS LgNGG INSANE.
Views Of Mr. Hunt, Who Made the Ap.
piicasiOn in Behalf Of the Suicide.
CHICAGO, Nov. 10.-Mr. Hunt, who made the ap-
plicatlon on behalf of Lingg, said in explanation
OF his course: 81 became deeply interested in the
case and sometime ago wrote a letter TO
the Arbeiter Zeitaoe expressing my legal views OF
the case. The friends OF Lihgg having read the ar
ticle, called on me and asked what thought ought
to be done. told them thought Louis Lingg Was
insane and ought 10 be in an insane asylum They
SlsAh
proceedings TO determine that question
heard That DR.. Kiernan mad expressed the same
opinion, and therefore ask him TO sign the peti.
tiOn TO the court, which you see ne did"
What was your reason for thinking Lngg in
sane?"
I'm Ireland / had much lunacy practice. and
know the peculiaritieS Of men having unsound
minds. This man Lingg is a crank on politics.
have seen nm many M such cases In Rome, Paris and
up on some public question that their minds be-
Came warped, and they wanted to destroy all op-
position. just so with Llngg. He Is crazy on the
labor question, and wants 70 kill every one who
does not agree with him."
Mr.: Hunt said he belonged to many secret So
cieties In Ireland, and had TO leave that country
on that account. He also said he wished he could
send number OF just such men as Lirgg into Ire
land to throw bombs among the English land
the petition, has gained some notoriety in that
Tense in the celebrated Gutteau case and at that
time testified that the slayer OF President Garfield
was insane. He SAID: "L1ngg was suffering from
paranoia, a peculiar condition OF an impaired
mind-a m0n6mania on any question like religion
or politics. Parsons Is insane. He Is a proud
sOutherner who married . negress, and because
society VII! not receive her, be wants TO destroy
all society,""
MI. Hunt, the attorney for ungg, who has been
trying 70 have the young anarchist declared
at O'Clock, and asked the judge to hear the ped-
tfon and grant writ for an inquiry into Ingg's
sanity. The Judge told Mr.. Hunt that the petition
must not be presented to him, but to the court,
and that his court had adjourned until 10 O'Clock
this morning. Thereupon Ar Hunt departed,
plicatlon regardless OF Unggs attempt at suicide
MIR. Hunt appeared before Judge Baker at 10
O'Clock and made q formal application for wit
In Llnggs case, and 1t was refused.
The petition presented by Attorney Hunt was
similar TO the one presented before Judge Prender-
gast yesterday. asserted the belief Of the peti-
TONERS that Louis Lingg 10 insane. He moved q
OF uDggs insanity could be made. Attorney
Grinnen was present TO oppose the petition in the
Interest OF the state. hr. Hunt moved Q stay OF
execution on the ground that there was q olos-
ta0n as 70 ungg's sanity and time was wanted TO
Investigate. Judge Baker would not entertain the
Notion laying PC had no power Whatever 70 grant
M Hunt then moved that venue OF stx nen
be issued 70 test Nnggs sanity. Nj. 0rinnelI eaid
the af1dav1t did not state that Iingg had become
Insane since be was found guilty of murder. That
polnt was essential Il he was insane before his
bcep preaented - that time; now he Wss nos en-
Judes 1akef tnouehs the srste,s aftorpsvn
positton WAS correct and that tho aldavtS Waa d.
lecstve He tod NJ. Hunt ~ TAat gontleman